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Agoseris hirsuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Agoseris
Species:	A. hirsuta
Binomial name
Agoseris hirsuta (Hook.) Greene
Synonyms
Leontodon hirsutus Hook. Microrhynchus harfordii Kellogg Taraxacum hirsutum (Hook.) DC.

Agoseris hirsuta is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Coast Range agoseris or woolly goat chicory. It grows only in the Coast Ranges along the Pacific coast of California, from Humboldt County to San Luis Obispo County.

Description

Agoseris hirsuta resembles the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in having no leafy stems, only a rosette of leaves close to the ground. There is a single flower head with many yellow ray florets but no disc florets.

References

1. The Plant List Agoseris hirsuta (Hook.) Greene
2. Tropicos, Agoseris hirsuta (Hook.) Greene
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
4. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Agoseris hirsuta (Hook.) Greene woolly goat chicory
5. Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 332 Coast Range agoseris Agoseris hirsuta (Hooker) Greene

External links

• Calphotos photos gallery, University of California
• Jepson Manual Treatment

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• Agoseris
• Endemic flora of California
• Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
• Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
• Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Plants described in 1899
• Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene
• Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker
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